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Teen girl's Sosma detention leads to fresh calls for abolishment
Published:  Jan 25, 2026 1:20 PM
Updated: 6:45 AM
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DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng has reiterated calls for the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) to be abolished or significantly overhauled, after a 16-year-old girl was detained under that law in Kedah.

Although the girl has since been released, the Bagan MP expressed serious concerns over the minor being detained, describing that “something is very wrong” if existing laws allow such cases to happen.

“This experience...


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